# Paper edit (03): numbered script from raw.mp4

Words are Obama's, in spoken order per line; source times in seconds on raw.mp4. Truth check: Public Papers of the Presidents 2015 book 2, pp. 928-929 (govinfo). One ASR fix: "neighbors in the world" -> "neighbors and the world" (word count kept).

Cut from the speech (reason): "There's a reason this deal took so long... And we got it." 154.8-165.9 (length, the ending already lands the point), "And that was our top priority" 178.9-181.2, the war-and-peace debate passage 212.1-226.7 and the VFW convention line 236.1-247.9 (scheduling detail), the closing sentence 256.9-264.0 and sign-off 265.0-266.7 (replaced by the coda and the AJ end card).

| # | Section | Source in-out | Text |
|---|---|---|---|
| L01 | cold | 166.70-170.44 | Does this deal resolve all of the threats Iran poses to its neighbors and the world? |
| L02 | cold | 170.80-171.22 | No. |
| L03 | cold | 171.92-177.48 | Does it do more than anyone has done before to make sure Iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon? |
| L04 | cold | 178.06-178.58 | Yes. |
| L05 | cold | 26.24-31.30 | Still, you're going to hear a lot of overheated and often dishonest arguments about it in the weeks ahead. |
| L06 | cold | 31.50-39.74 | So today, I want to take a moment to take those on, one by one, and explain what this deal does and what it means. |
| L07 | context | 9.62-20.92 | This week, the United States and our international partners finally achieved something that decades of animosity has not: a deal that will prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. |
| L08 | context | 21.66-24.94 | This deal will make America and the world safer and more secure. |
| L09 | first | 40.38-46.16 | First, you'll hear some critics argue that this deal somehow makes it easier for Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon. |
| L09b | first | 46.76-58.90 | Now, if you think it sounds strange that the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany, Russia, China and some of the world's best nuclear scientists would agree to something like that, you're right. |
| L10 | first | 59.72-63.76 | This deal actually closes off Iran's pathway to a nuclear weapon. |
| L11 | first | 64.34-68.48 | Today, Iran has enough nuclear material to produce up to 10 nuclear weapons. |
| L12 | first | 68.86-77.94 | With this deal, they'll have to ship 98 percent of that material out of the country, leaving them with a fraction of what it takes to make even one weapon. |
| L13 | first | 78.96-86.16 | With this deal, they'll have to repurpose two key nuclear facilities so they can't produce materials that could be used for a nuclear weapon. |
| L14 | first | 86.56-90.36 | So this deal actually pushes Iran further away from a bomb. |
| L15 | first | 90.36-95.68 | And there is a permanent prohibition on Iran ever having a nuclear weapon. |
| L16 | second | 96.44-103.98 | Second, you might hear from critics that under this deal, Iran could just ignore everything that's required and do whatever they want. |
| L17 | second | 104.68-106.82 | That they're inevitably going to cheat. |
| L18 | second | 107.50-109.62 | Well, that criticism is wrong, too. |
| L19 | second | 109.62-116.46 | With this deal, we will have unprecedented, 24-7 monitoring of Iran's key nuclear facilities. |
| L20 | second | 117.11-122.42 | With this deal, international inspectors will have access to Iran's entire nuclear supply chain. |
| L21 | second | 123.09-132.50 | The verification process set up by this deal is comprehensive and it is intrusive, precisely so we can make sure Iran keeps its commitments. |
| L22 | third | 133.90-139.58 | Third, you might hear from critics that Iran faces no consequences if it violates this deal. |
| L23 | third | 139.90-142.24 | That is also patently false. |
| L24 | third | 142.92-153.68 | If Iran violates this deal, the sanctions we imposed that have helped cripple the Iranian economy, the sanctions that helped make this deal possible, would snap back into place promptly. |
| L25 | without | 181.92-185.82 | That's why it's in everyone's best interest to make sure this deal holds. |
| L26 | without | 186.24-191.20 | Because without this deal, there would be no limits on Iran's nuclear program. |
| L27 | without | 191.58-192.90 | There would be no monitoring. |
| L28 | without | 193.16-193.98 | No inspections. |
| L29 | without | 194.38-197.72 | The sanctions we rallied the world to impose would unravel. |
| L30 | without | 198.26-200.68 | Iran could move closer to a nuclear weapon. |
| L31 | without | 201.06-203.54 | Other countries in the region might race to do the same. |
| L32 | without | 203.74-207.84 | And we'd risk another war in the most volatile region in the world. |
| L33 | close | 227.22-235.58 | As Commander-in-Chief, I make no apology for keeping this country safe and secure through the hard work of diplomacy over the easy rush to war. |
| L34 | close | 248.62-253.78 | We have before us a historic opportunity to pursue a safer, more secure world for our children. |
| L35 | close | 254.16-256.60 | It might not come around again in our lifetimes. |

Speech kept: 181.1 s from 257 s.